Covid-19 in Latin America – 24 March update
By Emily Gregg, edited by Mike Gatehouse, with additional material from Peru & Haiti Support Groups UK and LAB correspondents in the regionLAB has...
Ten Years – peace building in Colombia
Christian Aid and its partners have been working to tackle
violence and build peace in Colombia for more than two decades. Three years
ago, shortly after...
Chile’s water crisis
Chilean
politics are marked by several long-running and highly divisive controversies,
many deriving from the most consistently neoliberal economic policies and
property arrangements in the world. One
of...
Venezuela: call for a coalition government
LAB received this article from Venezuelan National Science Prize winner Victor Álvarez. We publish it here because of its appeal to both sides of...
Bolivia: will women hold onto their gains?
This
article was written in early March, before the effects of Covid-19 virus became
clear. Since then the national elections scheduled for 3 May have been
postponed,...
Ten Years in Colombia: how do you study change?
Christian Aid and its partners have been working to tackle violence and build peace in Colombia for more than two decades. Three years ago,...
Venezuela: US demonization of Maduro risks chaos
LAB received this article from Venezuelan National Science Prize winner Victor Álvarez. It is a follow-up to his earlier appeal for a coalition government...
Covid-19 in Latin America – 07 April update
By Emily Gregg, edited by Mike Gatehouse, with additional material from Peru & Haiti Support Groups UK and LAB correspondents in the regionLAB has...
Brazil: how the generals placed the captain in check
Veteran journalist Luis Nassif explains the
Military’s silent and gradual seizure of power from President Bolsonaro in five
acts.
This is an edited version of the article
published...
Brazil’s disaster movie
Watching the Brazilian political scene is a
bit like watching an old disaster movie, where a suicidal maniac has taken over
the plane’s controls and put...